The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 5/4/2021

Each day Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. (D. Van Zandt)

Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “A recent study shows that 55 of the nation’s biggest corporations paid zero in federal income tax last year.” PolitiFact rating: True Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress
	Claim via Social Media: Julian Assange admitted WikiLeaks never posted “dirt” on Donald Trump because no such material existed. Australian Associated Press rating: False Did Julian Assange say there’s no ‘dirt’ on Donald Trump?
	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president. PolitiFact rating: False (The number of drug seizure events is up 11% in the first three months of 2021. No evidence for other claims) No proof for Trump’s claim of surge in trafficking, drugs at border under Biden
	Claim by Viral Image: the Memphis, Tennessee, Police Department will no longer respond to certain crimes “effective immediately.” Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Will The Memphis Police Department No Longer Respond To Certain Crimes?
	Claim by the Daily Beast: Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner expressed genuine concern over “tracking devices” when he asked a health official about their potential presence in COVID-19 vaccines during a county board meeting. Snopes.com rating: False (they cut 1 hour of video missing the context completely) Was an Orange County Supervisor Seriously Concerned About Vaccine ‘Tracking Devices’? Daily Beast Rating
	(International: India) Claim: Armed forces set up COVID care hospital in Bengaluru Newsmeter rating: False Armed forces set up COVID care hospital in Delhi, not Bengaluru

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